Hundertwasser's comment on the work

This is when I realised the significance of rain, and I painted as long as the rain lasted. I stood in my raincoat beneath the arcades. (from: Cat. Albertina, Vienna, 1974, p. 122)

JW 223
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ARKADENHOF DES CASTELLO SFORZESCO IM REGEN
Arcade Courtyard of Castello Sforzesco in the Rain

Watercolour
Milan, 1949
Painted in Milan, July 1949
320 mm x 230 mm
Watercolour on brown wrapping paper
Private collection, Vienna

  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974
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  • Exhibition Tour Japan 2006/07:
  • The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2006
  • Musee d`art Mercian Karuizawa, 2006
  • Mitsukoshi Museum, Tokyo, 2007
  • Shimonoseki Museum, Yamaguchi, 2007
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  • Landesmuseum, Mainz, 2008
  • Wasserschloss Bad Rappenau, 2008
  • Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, 2010/11
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna, since October 2012
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, p. 151 (c)
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1964, p. 96
  • Albertina, Vienna, 1974, pp. 123 (c), p. 197
  • Travelling Exhibition Japan, 2006, p. 26 (c)
  • Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, 2010/11, pp. 54-55 (and c), 226
  • Kirche zu St. Jakobi, Stralsund, 2011, p. 15 (c)